Murder, She Wrote1984 | TV Show

A feisty widow solves murders when she's not writing about them in her home town of Cabot Cove, Maine, a coastal community with a peculiarly high homicide rate. A Sunday-night staple on CBS, this hugely popular drama was Angela Lansbury's first regular ser (more…)A feisty widow solves murders when she's not writing about them in her home town of Cabot Cove, Maine, a coastal community with a peculiarly high homicide rate. A Sunday-night staple on CBS, this hugely popular drama was Angela Lansbury's first regular series and earned the Tony and Golden Globe-winning actress an Emmy nomination (but never, unaccountably, the prize itself) for each of its 12 seasons. Lansbury later reprised her role as Jessica Fletcher in a series of TV-movies.

Season 5, Episode 1 J.B....As in Jailbird

First Aired: October 23, 1988

Jessica is charged with a murder she only witnessed, and then is left to simmer in the slammer to protect her from the real killer. Angela Lansbury. Michael Haggerty: Len Cariou. Styles: Sam Behrens. Lancaster: John Rhys-Davies. Glenda: Leslie Easterbrook. Roger Travis: Maxwell Caulfield.